The return of Earth's Otherlings stimulated a certain "system" left behind by the Creation Goddess. A hidden network of divine power oscillation finally surfaced. However, a network encrypted with divine power was so complex that even using the computing power of the Crystal Core Research Station could not simply crack it. Moreover, there was a bigger problem: Hao Ren only dared to keep this network in a semi-activated state because he didn't know what this mysterious and grand network was for, nor what consequences its operation would entail. Recklessly stimulating this ancient legacy without knowing its true nature was akin to soldering a blasting cap or sawing a lightbulb – pure suicide.

Four days ago, after the "Chosen Ones" first came into contact with the Holletta ecosystem and triggered the first divine power oscillation, he had the Crystal Core Research Station and the drone swarm roughly calculate the energy level of the oscillation, and then reset the process for the "Chosen Ones" to come into contact with the various test points. Since then, the "Chosen Ones'" grouping, routes, and length of stay were all arranged based on not excessively stimulating this divine power network.

"Hao Ren's concerns are well-founded," Vivian naturally knew about Hao Ren's arrangements. In fact, she had helped design these things at the time, so she nodded at this time, "We still don't know what this divine power network is, and we don't know if the Creation Goddess had any other arrangements when she left it behind. If we rashly destroy or prematurely activate those things, we are very likely to face some situations that we cannot currently handle."

Lemen Duosa and Muru nodded solemnly, acknowledging these concerns.

"Better to be cautious," the giantess Sif also said, "We can put aside the specific content of information exchange within this divine power network and first figure out the network's structure and mechanism. Perhaps then we can understand its nature and function."

"Regarding this, I've already summarized a few points," Hao Ren immediately nodded and stated the rules he had summarized one by one, "First of all, this network needs a certain intensity of stimulation to start running—before this time, I had, by various coincidences, brought Earth Otherlings back into contact with the ecological circle of the Dream Plane. For example, the sirens once returned to their homeworld, Aio, with me, but at that time, this 'divine power oscillation network' was not triggered. Only this time did I organize a group of a hundred people to enter—so the activation condition of this divine power oscillation network should be limited to 'more than a certain number of descendants of exiles returning to the Dream Plane'."

"Secondly, in addition to its structural form looking very much like a huge data exchange network, this divine power oscillation network should also have extremely efficient data processing and computing capabilities. At some key nodes, the drone swarm observed inconceivably huge information surges. Almost every second, more than hundreds of millions of trillions of pieces of information erupted from these nodes and were instantly transmitted throughout the universe."

"Third, this network should be distributed throughout the entire universe—the range of my drone swarm is currently limited and has not yet covered the entire Dream Plane, but even in the observed cosmic space, it can be confirmed that these divine power oscillation points are everywhere. They are randomly distributed throughout the Dream Plane. Wherever there is a star system, there is likely to be such an oscillation point. I am almost certain that these oscillation points also exist beyond the 'sight' of the drone swarm."

"Finally, these stars that generate divine power oscillations have a rather concerning characteristic: there is absolutely no life or 'habitable environment' for life to be born within fifteen light-years around them."

When Hao Ren said the last point, he couldn't help but show a look of doubt on his face. Obviously, this was also something he couldn't figure out.

"No life?" Lemen Duosa frowned after hearing this. "Are these stars that generate divine power oscillations located in 'barren zones'?"

"Yes, according to your terminology, let's call them barren zones," Hao Ren nodded. "There are no ecological planets near these stars, not even habitable planets. Most of them are solitary stars without planetary systems, and even if there are planets nearby, orbital issues cause their surfaces to be too cold or too hot, making it almost impossible for life to arise naturally. Since these stars themselves were carefully selected by the Creation Goddess, I have reason to believe that the environment around these stars was also specifically chosen by her."

"Mother has always loved life, and her attention is basically focused on those vibrant places," Sif's tone also became confused. "Why would she create an information network completely detached from the ecosystem? If this network is used for fields unrelated to life, then why must the activation condition of this network be that exiles come into contact with ecosystems throughout the universe?"

"Since the activation condition of this network is that the descendants of exiles come into contact with the ecosystem of the Dream Plane again, then this network is definitely not a field unrelated to life," Hao Ren waved his hand. "And its physical foundation is built in places far away from life systems or unable to produce life... Regarding this, I have a guess."

Vivian, Lily, and the three Guardian Giants said in unison: "What guess?"

"Starting from the Creation Goddess's behavioral pattern, I guess that she set it up this way because this network, when operating, will have a very negative impact on life—perhaps the powerful divine energy will destroy the ecosystems around those stars, or perhaps this network will attract some dangerous things from the depths of the universe during operation, so the Creation Goddess chose to build her divine power oscillation network in 'barren zones'."

Izhaks stroked his chin and nodded slightly: "I think this is very likely."

"So our caution is correct," Vivian raised an eyebrow, "Regardless of the real reason, the various nodes of this network are located far away from the life circle, which shows that it itself is a dangerous thing for life. We must not rashly let it be fully activated."

Lemen Duosa didn't say anything, just quietly looked at the holographic image floating in mid-air—after the various test points were activated, this "divine power oscillation picture" became more and more complete. Many previously hidden nodes gradually emerged from the dark cosmic space, and together they outlined a huge, complex and magnificent three-dimensional structure. Looking at it, it even made people dizzy. The Guardian Giant, who had once guarded the Goddess's territory at the Sullun Gate, slowly frowned, and he changed his angle to observe the holographic image, the expression on his face becoming more and more solemn.

"Lemen Duosa, what did you find?" Sif was the first to notice the change in this old partner and asked with concern.

"I seem to have seen a similar picture..." Lemen Duosa said uncertainly, "Perhaps what I saw was an unfinished design..."

Hao Ren couldn't help but interject, "Where did you see it?!"

"In Mother's palace, it was one of her 'secret design institutes'," Lemen Duosa said in a low voice, "Many guardians know of the existence of those secret facilities, but only a few have the opportunity to see their interiors."

"Secret design institute?" Hao Ren was stunned, "What is that? The Creation Goddess also engaged in a lot of secret projects?"

Lemen Duosa nodded slowly: "In fact, before the Godslayer War broke out, Mother's behavior had become a little strange... She never avoided her children, and always generously allowed us to participate in her grand plans, including activities such as life seeding and cosmic exploration, which she carried out with us. But later, she built a series of secret factories and secret design institutes in the Founding Star and the cosmic space near the Divine Kingdom—in fact, the blueprint for the Creation Engine was one of the products of these secret projects. We didn't know what Mother was building at all. It wasn't until that thing was designed in her secret research facility that some guardians got the initial part of the blueprints. We knew about the factories and laboratories she set up, but we rarely had the opportunity to know what exactly they were doing inside. She arranged soulless artisans and servants in those factories and laboratories. Those 'magic puppets' without life or soul worked day and night, but never revealed the tasks Mother gave them. But even so, a few guardians still had the opportunity to enter those secret facilities on occasion—sometimes Mother seemed to suddenly forget that those facilities were not open to us. She would suddenly call us over to discuss things, and then, as if suddenly realizing it, she would drive us out of the secret laboratory. It was in such a situation that I had the opportunity to see the interior of one of the secret design institutes."

Hao Ren understood: "That 'secret design institute' has the original blueprint of this information network?"

"Yes, Mother should have been designing this thing at the time. Its backbone nodes are very similar to what I remember," Lemen Duosa pointed to the holographic projection in mid-air, "She suddenly called me over and asked me about my views on souls and life. I still remember that there was a magnificent circular hall with a glowing energy well in the center. The original blueprint of a complex network was suspended above the energy well... just like this thing."

"Can you remember any more details?" Hao Ren asked eagerly.

"No more..." Lemen Duosa slowly shook his head, then suddenly stopped, "Wait, perhaps there is a detail that is useful... At that time, Mother asked me some things, some about the soul domain, some about the life evolution domain, but after that, she asked a question that sounded very strange to me at the time. She asked me if one day the entire universe and everything returned to zero, and everything was pushed back to the origin to start over, would it be better for the new world to have gods or not?"

"Better to have gods or not?"

Hao Ren frowned and repeated the sentence, not knowing why.